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Georgian president's top ally faces charges

Ugulava refused to testify on charges focusing on the takeover of the independent Imedi television and the payment of city wages to activists of Saakashvili's party on false employment contracts.

Saakashvili changes speech venue after protests

After three weeks of protests, demonstrators led by Saakashvili burst into the parliament, forcing then-President Eduard Shevardnadze to flee and resign.

Protest held in Georgia to demand president's exit

Presidential elections are due to take place in October, but critics say that this schedule gives President Mikhail Saakashvili, elected to a second five-year term in January 2008, an undue sixth...

190 Georgian 'political' prisoners walk free

Nearly 200 inmates considered political prisoners by Georgia's new parliament have walked free under an amnesty strongly opposed by President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Georgian president and premier in battle of wills

And in a graphic symbol of President Mikhail Saakashvili's fading glory, the outdoor lights that illuminate his official residence will soon go off because his nemesis, Prime Minister Bidzina...

New Georgian foreign minister calls US top ally

A day after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maia Panjikidze also brushed off U.S. concerns about arrests of allies of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Clinton warns Georgia, Ukraine on prosecutions

The warning followed a pledge by new Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to investigate allies of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Georgia's new premier raises pressure on president

Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose coalition unseated President Mikhail Saakashvili's party in last month's parliamentary election, also strongly urged his bitter rival to move from a lavish presidential...

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TBILISI, Georgia: Rally in Georgia backs embattled president

Mikhail Saakashvili's United National Movement lost October's parliamentary election to the...

TBILISI, Georgia: Saakashvili breaks shoulder in bike accident

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has a broken shoulder after a bicycle accident in Turkey.

TBILISI, Georgia: Georgian president's top ally faces charges

Saakashvili's term ends in October.